In
response to increased tensions and provocations between U.S.
National Forest Service Rangers and Rainbow Gathering members,
President George W. Bush has announced a new "surge" policy that
will temporarily increase the numbers of Forest Service men and
women in North Routt County.

President George W. Bush will send in additional Forest Service Rangers to crush the Rainbow Gathering insurgency.

"My
fellow citizens, I know this is an unpopular conflict," said Bush.
"But we have to stand firm in our resolve or ... or ... or them
hippies are gonna win. And I'm not a loser. You hear me? I am NOT a
loser. I win wars. I win elections. I'm a WINNER. My brother's the
loser, not me, daddy!!! Quit calling me a loser!!!!!"

After a
brief moment of awkward silence, Bush continued. "Whew. Guess I
'lost it' a little, huh? Anyway, the people of Routt County can be
assured that I'm going to do everything I can to win this battle
against these insurgents. You see, it's a...

The
mystery over who is the father of former stripper, Playboy Cover
Girl, reality TV star and now dead heiress Anna Nicole Smith's five
month old daughter is over. When baby Dannielynn began cooing
"ob-la-di, ob-la-da" from her crib, all eyes turned to
legendary sound man and rock burnout Rocky Balzearo, who was
covering the custody hearings for Pirate News.

Rock burnout Rocky Balearo was found to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's newest child.

Mr.
Balzearo at first denied being the baby's father. "Before you
accuse me, take a look at yourself," he said. Mr. Balzearo
was obviously bothered by the crush of reporters who surrounded
him, saying, "Please don't stand so close to me." He
hesitated to undergo DNA testing, protesting, "I'm not a number.
Dammit, I'm a man." When it was affirmed that Mr. Balzearo
was sound technician for the Skinemax special, "Anna Nicole and the
Seven Dwarfs," filmed in late 2005, nine months before baby
Dannielynn's birth and witnesses attested to the fact that Mr.
Balzearo and Miss Smith were often seen together on and off the
set, Mr. Balzearo...

A
recently completed scientific study bared some startling statistics
regarding male preferences. Dr. David Coppafeel of the Maidenform
University Male Studies Institute (MUMSI), who conducted the
hands-on study, said two big things really popped out at him. One
was the huge turnout of applicants for the study. The second was
the diversity of the results.

Dr.
Coppafeel said that the subjects of the study ranged in age from 14
to 94 and represented every known race, religion, ethnicity, social
and economic class, country, territory and local sports franchise
on earth. The subjects were exposed to stimuli from movies,
television, videos, magazines, books, calendars and fast food
restaurants.

Thirty-six
percent of the men studied responded most positively to stimuli
relating to the human female breast. Twenty-four percent responded
most positively to stimuli relating to the female legs and
buttocks. Thirty-six percent preferred fast cars and French fries.
The remaining four percent were classified as "hard to
please." The...

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